Body found Wednesday on Town Neck Beach

Investigators are asking for the public's help in identifying a mutilated body that was found at Town Neck Beach in Sandwich earlier this week, Cape & Islands District Attorney Michael O'Keefe said Friday.

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AND GOING TO MAKE IT HARD. LIVE, LIAM MARTIN, WCVB NEWSCENTER 5. ALL RIGHT, LIAM. A STARTED T-SHIRT NOW THE BEST HOPE FOR IDENTIFYING A MUTILATED BODY ON THE CAPE COD BEAP. THEY KNOW THE VICTIM WAS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAN BUT NOT MUCH ELSE. OUR MARY SALADNA IS LIVE WHERE THE POLICE HAVE A GRIM, GRIM MYSTERY TO SOLVE TONIGHT. MARY? YEAH, PHIL, THIS RACE THE MUTILATED BODIES WITH DOWN FOUND ON THE DUNES BEHIND THE JERSEY BARRIERS. WE WANT TO WARN THE VIEW YEARS, THE DETAILS ARE GRUESOME. THESE ARE THE CLUES A BLOODY T-SHIRT AND BLUE DOLLY. A MACHINE'S TORSO WAS FOUND WEARING ONE STRAPPED TO THE OTHER. THE BODY'S HEAD WAS MISSING. BOTH ARMS WERE MISSING. AND BOTH LEGS WERE MISSING. AS A RESULT OF THAT, THE USUAL METHODS OF IDENTIFICATION ARE COMPROMISED. IT WAS COUPLE OF LOCAL MEN WHO DISCOVERED THE HUMAN REMAINS WEDNESDAY EVENING BEHIND THE JERSEY BARRIERS ON THE BEACH. THE BODY IN A DUFFEL BAG WRAPPED IN A TARP. WHEN THEY GOT IT OPEN. ONE OF THE OFFICERS CAME OVER AND TOLD US THAT THERE WAS A CONFIRMED BODY. POLICE BELIEVE THE BEACH WAS JUST A DROP-OFF POINT AND THE MURDER TOOK PLACE ELSEWHERE. THE VICTIM DESCRIBED AS AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAN ABOUT 6 FEET TALL AND ROUGHLY 220 POUNDS. HAD A SURGICAL SCAR ON THE ABDOMEN. THE FOCUS NOW IS ON DNA. THIS T-SHIRT. THE MARKINGS ON IT ARE UNUSUAL. CRANSTON INDUSTRIAL IS A RHODE ISLAND COMPANY. NO ONE RETURNED THE CALLS AT THE WARWICK LOCATION, BUT SOURCES SAY, THE BODY IS NOT A CONSIDER RENT EM LEEE. THEY HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY COOPERATIVE. THEY PINPOINTED TO US, THAT